Chapter 10: Death Mountain
Link woke up finally and walked out of the small bedroom. He looked around, and no one appeared to be around. Link headed back into his bedroom to get his sword and shield.
"Everyone is a the old inn. Eating. Hurry up! I am hungry too," Link heard Midna say from at his door.
"Yea, yea. I'm coming."
"You were out cold last night, y'know. I tried everything to wake you up, Link."
"What exactly did you do, Mid?" He asked putting his scabbard and sheild on his back.
"Um, nothing." The imp blushed and swayed back and forth in the air. "Forget about that, Link. Just let's go!"
"Fine, fine you impatient little imp." Link smiled and and kissed imp Midna on the head. "Let's go. I don't want you to die of patience," Link said as he headed to the old inn.
Midna stood still for a moment and then frowned. "I take that as an insult. I can too be patient. Just watch me."
Link raised his hand, not caring, and walked out the door.
"HEY! Wait for me!"
"Listen, Link. I have been noticing that the Goron merchants are few around these parts. As you can see as well, there are hardly any gorons at all," Renado was saying.
Link sat beside Sheik who was listening intently at a small table that was on the bottom floor of the inn. Link's hands busily shoveling eggs into his mouth, burning his tongue when he first ate it. He made sure to thank Luda for it. Sheik looked over at him and shook his head in annoyance.
"I have finally decided to go and ask the gorons of this but they refuse to let me pass. That is where you came into mind. I knew that when darkness was about, you were the one to banish it from Death Mountain. Not to mention all of Hyrule. So basically, I ask that you will go and speak to the elders."
Link nodded and stood up, swallowing the food. "Renado, I will defiantly help. But do you know anything of the causes?"
"I am afraid not, Link. And, even though this village is fully restored, there is not much we can do without any visitors. The visitors usually came to relax in the hot springs on Death Mountain and stayed here. But without admittance there is, as I said, not much we can do."
Link nodded and looked at Sheik. "You coming?"
Sheik stood up and said, "Lead the way Hero."
Once the two were outside, Link turned to Sheik. "Do really want to come?"
"Of course I do. It is foolish to think not. Now hurry up Hero, you are the one who must lead."
Link headed to Death Mountain, kicking up dust. He drew his sword as a rumbling began as soon as the reached the entrance. Link looked up the path and saw dust rising. "Sheik, watch out," he said.
Sheik did as told and jumped up onto a branch that was oddly sticking out of the rock sides.
Link equipped his metal boots and tensed. A large boulder came rolling speedily at him and Link managed to grab hold of it, the boots allowing him to not slide. Link grunted as he whipped the rock-like object around and sent it flying down the path, opposite the way they were heading.
"Gorons…" Sheik whispered, jumping off the branch. "Why are they attacking?"
Link shrugged and took off the boots. "I don't know. We will have to push onward to find out." With that, Link started trekking up the rocky path.
On their way, several more gorons would speed down the path at them, trying to get Link and Sheik away.
Finally, they reached the entrance of Death Mountain. Link walked slowly in with Sheik following. Sheik's eyes were darting around the dark cavern as she followed Link, unsure where they were heading. Sheik noticed Midna floating beside Link and occasionally she whispered something in his ear and he would smile or nod.
Link stopped moving as he began to hear voices. The three barely could make out the spoken words but enough was heard for them to figure out what was happening.
"…Cannot… any humans…monsters… we must…we… fight… ourselves…"
Link glanced at Sheik who was still listening. He shook his head and walked out into the clearing. Sheik did not notice this and once she did she felt like smacking him across the face.
"Excuse me," he said walking out to the lone goron who was talking to himself.
Darbus, the goron's patriarch, turned around to see Link standing behind him. Darbus was huge in size compared to Link and made him look like an ant. If Link did anything to insult, bother, annoy or do anything else to the massive goron, Sheik did not want to be there. Although she would probably have to be the one to save him. "Whoa… Human! How dare you invade our mine!" he yelled. Darbus made a fist and tried punching Link.
Link, who stood oblivious to what was happening to him, was pushed out of the way by Sheik. "Foolish Hero…" Sheik growled.
Darbus grunted and swung again. This time coming closer to his mark, but still ended up missing and putting a crack down the stone was. "Stupid human!" Darbus yelled in frustration. Darbus went to attack Link on the side and quickly changed course to the other seeing that he was going to dodge. He slammed Link with his mighty fists causing him to fly into the wall.
Midna popped up beside Link and checked if he had a pulse. She used her magic to make Link recover faster. Midna silently thanked her Goddesses that he was not dead, just unconscious at the time. "What would I do if you died?" she asked herself quietly.
As Midna was tending to Link, Sheik stood very still. She dodged out of the way as Darbus tried to hit her as well.
"What is with you humans?!" he yelled, managing to grab Sheik. He grabbed her arms and twisted them behind her back. Sheik winced in pain but was finally dropped as someone else entered the room.
"Darbus!" cried a voice.
Darbus released Sheik and turned to see all four of the goron elders; Gor Coron, Gor Amoto, Gor Ebizo, and Gor Liggs. Out of the four, Gor Liggs, the lanky, tattoo covered elder stepped forward.
"What are you doing?" he asked, clearly trying to stay calm.
"Humans have invaded. I must defend our mines," Darbus answered. Darbus looked confused and did not know what he had done wrong. He was defending his mine from the humans who tried to destroy it.
"Darbus, how many times has a human gotten pass our defenses. Not including this time," asked Gor Coron.
Darbus looked thoughtful for a moment. "Only once. When I was transformed into Fyrus and that green clothed boy came and saved me…" Darbus paused. He was remembering the story Gor Ebizo had told him barely a day ago. "OH!" he yelled in surprise.
"Yes, you have just injured that hero. And who are you?" asked Gor Amoto spotting Sheik who lay sprawled out on the ground.
"I am Sheik."
"Ah Sheikah warrior I assume?" Sheik opened her mouth to ask about how he knew of the Sheikah but the elder cut her off. "Darbus, get the Hero and put him on the bed that is in the corner."
Darbus nodded and picked up Link. Midna hurriedly hid in Link' shadow, not wanting to get caught.
"You may leave Darbus." Once Darbus left, the elders looked at Sheik. "So, you are now the traveling partner of the hero?" asked Gor Amoto.
"Yes, I am."
"Then you probably are here to find out what is wrong. Correct?"
Sheik nodded and Gor Coron spoke up. "It is a long tale. You see, not even a week ago, before Queen Zelda's coronation, a man by the name of Tinek came and visited us. He demanded that we help him in taking over Hyrule. But along with that, he wanted our mines."
Gor Liggs spoke up, "We refused because we saw that he was obviously a man of evil. He threatened us and is now a pure enemy of ours. But before our very eyes, he transformed into a beast. Not just any beast, but a wolf, a wolf similar to the one that was rumored to help the Hero in his quest to save the land. Ah, I should not say similar, but almost a clone. Tinek's wolf form had a darker pelt though, like the Hero's aid, lurking in the night."
"So we began to think that maybe, just maybe, the Hero has turned. That is why our defenses are up. But, then we realized that the Hero was once again traveling so it could not be him. Tinek is a man of darkness, as he threatened us, he told us that if we didn't give him out mines, he would make them a home for monsters..." said Gor Ebizo.
"And that had just recently happened, to our dismay. And we have informed the Queen of it. But she does none. And with that, it discourages us to say, that Hyrule may be controlled by one of the worst men of darkness yet. And the Queen is not at the castle, that is a given fact. No one in this kingdom knows where she is. So anything could happen," finished Gor Amoto sadly.
Sheik stood silently for a moment. She was the Queen and she was not there so that made the High Councilor of the Royale Court was in charge. Teivel, Sheik thought angrily. He failed his duty to my kingdom… but then perhaps this Tinek is truly powerful to take over all of Hyrule while Teivel tries to keep it safe…
Lightwolf8: woo… that took awhile to write because I am very angry because I am brain-dead and I cant think of anything… Anyhoo, it turned out okay in the end. Well REVIEW PLEASE and time for another random fact: Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been struck by lighting. AHH CANIBLE!! ignore my randomness and REVIEW PEOPLE PLEASE!!!!